CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. $300,000,000 6.50% Senior Notes due 2018 Underwriting Agreement May 1,2008Centerpoint Energy Inc • May 6th, 2008 • Electric services • New York
CenterPoint Energy, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), confirms, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, its agreement to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.50% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”) to be issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of May 19, 2003 (the “Base Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, National Association (successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association), as trustee (the “Trustee”) and a Supplemental Indenture No. 8 to the Base Indenture dated as of May 6, 2008 (the “Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture and any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee. The Company understands that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Notes for sale upon the terms and conditions contemplated by this Agreement and by the documents listed in Schedu
